Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 403
he engine isshown in Pig. 132, and it will be seen that the crank isnow as much above the center as it was below in Fig. 131.Now with a pair of large dividers ascertain the middle orhalf distance between marks B and C and put another markD, at this point. Then turn the engine a complete revolu-tion… … Fig. 132 D is in line with the marker? The answer is, that while• this would undoubtedly save considerable labor, yet itwould almost certainly result in an error, on account of thelost motion of the moving parts, which would permit of•considerable movement of the wheel before any movementof the…
